Steam pressure cooker



Oct. 8, 1929. F, w, AL N 7 1,730,491

STEAM PRESSURE COOKER Filed Feb. 7, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ml J0 2 2/ z r l- 3U MW I I I 1 Queen 943 o Oct. 8, 1929. F. w. ALLEN STEAM PRESSURE COOKER Filed Feb. '7; 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented a. 8, 192a v 1,7 30,491 1 FRED W. ALLEN, or KINGSTON, "rnNNnssnri, ASSIGNOR 'ro JAMESE. TATE, or

' MIDDLETON, GEORGIA STEAM PRESSURE, COOKER Application filed February 7, 1928. Serial No. 252,514.

The device forming the subjectmatter of portionof the vent passage 8 has'a seat 10, this application isa cooking utensil, and one wherewith coacts a ball valve 11,reta1ned 1n 1 object of the invention is to improve the the vertical POI'tlOIL of the passage 8, for; means whereby cans are held in spaced relamovement, through the instrumentahty of a tion to the sides and to the bottom of the stop pin 12, located in the vertical portion of 55,. g

utensil, when the utensil is used in connecthepassage 8, and mounted at its ends in the tion with the canning of fruit, vegetables, and lug 4:. If desired, a perforated false bottom the like. 14 may be located in the base 1, the bottom In the drawings being corrugated, and having an upstanding I Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device central spout 15, the function of which is 60 .i

constructed in accordance with the invention; understood readily. The closure 2, and, more Figure 2 is a section taken about on the line particularly, the ring 50 thereof, is supplied 22 of Figure 1, the bail being omitted; wlth an outstanding finger 16, wh1ch,.be1ng Fi 3 i a ti l transverse, tio f recelved 111 the socket 7 of the lug 4:, aflords a' th t il; means whereby the base 1, and. the ring 50 of 65::

Figure 4 is a fragmental ection showing the closure 2 are together detachably.

th v t l No claim is herein made to the structure last- 1 Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view. illusabove described and Shown in Figure 5' the tratin g how the cans are held in place during drawlngs, because it is covered by a claim in r the operation of cooking canned goods,in the my Patent N ,6 7,005. Handles 21 are 7Q Operation f i or th i mounted on, the base 1 and on the cap 51. I The utensil forming the subject matter of The rlng 50 of the closure 2 has opposltely this application comprises a cup-shaped base dlsposed lugs 28 and 34. There is a laterally 1, and an inverted cup-shaped closure 2 pro1ect1ng stud 31 on the cap 51 of the closure i 5 mounted on the base, the closure fitting within 2; nd the stud 31 s adapted to. be v d 75v 1 the base, with a steam-tight ground joint 3. 1n the lug 2%3, to a1d in holding the cap 51 The closure 2 is a composite structure, an assembled with the ring 50, when the lower bodying a ring 50, which may be called an edge of the cap 51 1s seated inside of the ring intermediate ring, and an inverted cup- 50, as disclosed in Figure 3 of the drawings.

shaped cap 51, the cap 51 fitting within the The numeral designates a bail the ends 33 so 1.

ring 50, with a steam-tight ground joint, WhlCh e mounted pivotally in the lug which is shown at 52. In a more specific deand 111 t g j scription, it is the ring 50 of the closure 2 The se has an inclined P Which which has the steam-tight ground joint 3 connects the bottom 36 of the base with the with the cup-shaped base 1. side wall 37 of thebase. The side wall 37 0f 85 The numeral 4. designates a lug having the base .1 is not in the form of a true cylinlateral ears 5, the lug 4: being mounted on the der, but has a slight flare, convexity, or bulge, J outer surface of the wall of the base 1, and s i eX ends upwardly, this convexity or extending above the upper edge of the wall of fla e being shown specifically at 38. i The 40 the base, securing elements 6 connecting the lower end of the ring of the closure 2 is ears 5 of the lug with the side wall of the supplied with an inwardly extended flange base 1. That portion of the lug 4 which ex 39. This flange 39 has a plurality of contends above the upper edge of the base 1 is caved seats Oon its inner edge. Whenthe supplied on its inner surface with a socket 7 necessary number of receptacles 41, which 45 There is an angular vent passage 8 in the lug may be cans or fruit jars, are placed in-the l 4, the vent passage extending upwardly seats 40, with their circumferences in conthrough the upper surface of the lug, and ex tact, as'shown at42, the lower ends of the retending inwardly, into communication with ceptacles 41 will be in contact, as shown at an opening 9 formed in the side wall of the i3, withthe inclined part4?) of the base 1.-

5 base 1. Intermediate its ends, the vertical The result is that the lower 'ends, of there- 17003 side wall, a bottom, and an inclined Part con- ".ceptable.

ceptacles 41 will be held spaced, as shown at 44, from the bottom 36 of the base 1, and water and steam can get under the receptacles 41, to bring about-a cooking of the material in the receptacles, and at the same time, the receptacles will not jump up anddown, and knock about, as would be the case if the steam were continually forming with the bottoms 45 of the receptacles 41 in. direct contact with. the bottom 36 of the base 1. In this connection it is to be observed that because the side wall 37 of the base 1 is bulged as sat-'38, there" is an ample space, as at 46, between the side wall 37 of the base 1,, andthe cans for receptacles 41.

As indicatedin Figure 3 of the drawings, 1 a perforated falsebottom47 maybe mounted on thefiange 39. "The false bottom 1-7 maybeused' either with or without the false bot- ;tom 14, but when the cooking operation is carried out in-connection with .thereceptacles or cans, the false'bottom 14 and the false bottom v47 are not used.

The cooking utensil hereinbefore described zcomprlses a cup-shaped base 1, an inverted cup-shaped cap 51, and-a ring 50 disposed between the base 1 and the cap 51. The base -1 and the ring 50 areprovided with detachable interengaged elements 167 which hold the base-1 and the ring 50'together, at one side ofthe receptacle, the ring '50 and the cap 51 being provided 1 with detachably interengaged elements 30 31 which hold the ring and the cap together at said sideof the re- The handles 21' which project from the base 1 and the cap 51 are located approximately 1805; remote from all of the aforesaid interengaged-elements 16-7 and 3031,the handles 21. being so spaced that the base 1, the ring 50, and the cap 51 together, atthe opposite side of the receptacle' from the aforesaid interengaged elements.

What is claimed is i 1 A cooking receptacle-provided with a necting the side wall with the bottom; the receptacle being provided with an inwardly projecting flange having seats for the reception of a cluster of contacting receptacles, the seats and the-flange.constituting means for holding the receptacles in contact with v the inclined part of the receptacle, but out of contact with the sidewall of'the receptacle, and out of contact with the bottom of the re ceptacle.

2. A cooking utensil comprising .a cupthey can begraspedsimultaneously,to hold shaped base, an inverted cup-shaped cap, and a I a ring disposed between the base and the cap,

the base and the ring being provided with del tachably interengaged elements which hold the base and the ring together at one side of the'utensil, the ring and the cap being pro- Vided with detachably interengagedelements which hold the ring andthe cap together at 

